Edgar Broughton Band [Bonus Tracks]

Artist	Edgar Broughton Band
Format	CD
Genre	Rock
Label Name	Caroline
Producer	Peter Jenner, Mark Powell
Release Date	2008 06 10
Song List	1: Evening Over Rooftops (5:02) 2: The Birth (3:23) 3: Piece of My Own (2:48) 4: Poppy (2:14) 5: Don't Even Know Which Day It Is (4:21) 6: House of Turnabout (3:08) 7: Mad Hatter (6:16) 8: Getting Hard/What Is a Woman For? (7:31) 9: Thinking of You (2:08) 10: For Doctor Spock, Pts. 1-2 (3:52) 11: Hotel Room [*] (4:05) 12: Call Me a Liar [*] (4:27) 13: Bring It On Home [#][*] (3:27)
Style.Categories	Hard Rock, Blues-Rock

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The most conventional of the Edgar Broughton Band's first (and best) three albums, 1971's Edgar Broughton Band finds the group dispensing with the no-holds-barred mania and theatricality responsible for such classics as "Out Demons Out," "Up Yours," and "Apache Drop Out" and concentrating instead on more musical endeavors. It's an approach that arguably captures the band at its very best at the same time as revealing it at its ugliest. The two-part epic "For Dr. Spock" conjures images of Gong, as it drifts closer to space rock than the Edgar Broughton Band had hitherto ventured, while "House of Turnabout" certainly restates the group's free-freak credentials with its rumbling percussion and scything guitars, a second cousin to the roars that punctuated Wasa Wasa and Sing Brother Sing. The heart of Edgar Broughton Band, however, lies elsewhere. The lilting chant "Thinking About You," with its spectral reminders of John Lennon's "Working Class Hero," is certainly one of their most rancorous concoctions, while "Evening Over Rooftops" rides an acoustic guitar as pretty as its flowery lyric, but you know there's something rotten squirming just below the surface, even if you can never quite put your finger on it. The pure pop backing vocals, all "sha-la-la" and "doo-be-doo-be-doo," of course, only add to your unease. And, as that is merely the opening number, you can guess what you're in for over the rest of the album long before you actually get it. [The reissue includes the bonus tracks "Hotel Room," "Call Me a Liar," and "Bring It On Home."] ~ Dave Thompson, All Music Guide